nullOrigin of Table Tennis
Origin of Table Tennis
nullTable tennis originated in England in the 19th century. It was said that there are two British tennis fans, once when they had a outdoor tennis match, it began to rain, forcing the two young people into the school cafeteria, but no one want be defeated,so they pulled some tables together, in the middle it was separated by a few bricks, then they continued the match with tennis racket on the tables. Bystanders found it interesting,so they learnt from them. This is the origin of “table tennis”nullThe early table tennis bat was made of Parchment(羊皮纸),its hollow inside.null But the real Table tennis bat is this,it was made of wood,its first user is Ivo. Montague’s mother Mrs Swaythling, Ivo. Montague is the first presdent of ITTF(国际乒联) nullWith the development of modern industry, Europeans pasted rubber which with particles on the table tennis bat.nullAfter that. japanese invented a kind of table tennis bat with sponge on it. This contributed to the progress of table tennis skill.nullThe early pingpang ball was made of Rubber, but its Jumping ability is not good enough.nullIn 1890, British athletes Djibouti bring some celluloid balls from the U.S. as table tennis balls.nullAfter that, when people paly the table tennis,it sounds“ping”“pang”,so table tennis had a new name“pingpang”.nullIn 1926 The first International Table Tennis mach was held in Berlin, Germany.at the same time the International Table Tennis Federation(ITTF) was established in Berlin.nullIn various table tennis games, the most famous game is the World Table Tennis Championships, held once a year at first, in 1957, it changed into once every two years.nullIts 1904, a shop keeper in Shanghai ,named Wang daowu brought 10 sets of table tennis equipment. Since then, the sport was introduced to China. nullThank you